UC professor to go about Chinese American women’s WWII experience at Rosie the Riveter museum

UC Santa Cruz professor emerita of yank Studies Judy Yung is coming to Richmond on May 16 go over the experiences of Chinese American women during World War II.

Her talk begins at 3 p.m. within the visitor education center of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park.

The discussion covers, simply, how Chinese American women during WWII enlisted inside armed services whilst others left Chinatown in my ballet shoes to the office in defense factories, the individual sector, and taken part in fundraising, propaganda work, civil defense, and Red Cross operate on the home front.

At some time, Chinese nationalism and American patriotism occurred simultaneously. The concepts a four-year world war to many Americans was a 14-year affair for any Chinese, beginning japan attack on China in 1931 and ending with VJ Day in 1945.

“The war years thus provided Chinese American women with unprecedented opportunity to increase their socioeconomic status, broaden their public role, and fall in keeping with Chinese men and fellow Americans within a amount of national crisis,” depending on a museum statement.

Yung, a second-generation Chinese American who had been from San Francisco’s Chinatown, received her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley and features penned numerous books about Chinese American and women’s history, including: Island: Poetry and Status for Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island; Unbound Feet: A Social Status for Chinese Women in San Francisco; and a lot of recently, Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America.

Those keen on attending should call (510) 232-5050 ext. 0 as well as leaving an email with all your name, cell phone number and make sure to specify the date from the program you would want to attend. Space is restricted and reservations are expected.